Archive for January, 2008
Friday, January 18th, 2008
The Melbourne Times, Golding cartoon, 16 January 2008
Ferntree Gully, Belgrave Mail: Bike ban blow to cyclists (15 January 2008)
A Knox City councillor has labelled a bicycle ban on peak-hour train services as a Band-Aid treatment for the overcrowding of the public transport system. Tirhatuan Ward councillor Mick Van de Vreede ...
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
Cranbourne News: MP calls for more transport (18 January 2008)
South Eastern Metropolitan Region MP Inga Peulich believes the State Government must urgently provide public transport infrastructure to the City of Casey to reach lofty travel targets.
Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as part of the 2006 Census ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Station tries cages to ease peak bike ban (2008-01-15), The Age:
The cage [being trialled at Eltham] will allow cyclists to store their bikes in a secure area protected from the elements and will be easier to use than the large metal bike lockers found at other metropolitan stations.
The department has ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Rail bike ban 'backward' (2008-01-08), Whitehorse Leader.
Choice quote:
Seasoned cyclist and eastern suburbs resident Ray Peace condemned the measure, saying more lockers and cages at stations was not the answer.
``It would help, but only to a limited degree; it's OK if you don't need to ride at the other end but ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
OK, actually just a variation on old banners. But still... new shapes! If you need a SVG editor a good one is Inkscape.
"Ban blameshifting not bikes with URL":
Download the original PNG (width over 1000px)
Download the 500px width PNG (displayed above)
Download the 250px width PNG
Download the SVG (can print at any ...
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
RRR has a summer show called Along for the Ride, Tuesday 7-8pm. If you're in Melbourne you should listen in tonight to hear a chat with yours truly (Brianna) about the "Bin the bike ban" campaign.
Listen to the Interview + talk back mp3. File size: 3M, running time approx. 22 ...
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
Geelong Advertiser: Cyclists call for V/Line ban to be lifted
Bike riders want City Hall to fight a V/Line bicycle ban. Convener of Geelong Greens Bruce Lindsay said he used to ride to Geelong station when he commuted to Melbourne and would cycle to his workplace from Southern Cross Station.
"Far ...
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Sunday, January 13th, 2008
The Age: Cyclists still find their path blocked by bureaucracy (13/01/08)
It's time bikes were seen as an ally to help tackle congestion. Victorian cyclists have failed to win the State Government's affections. While we have a minister for public transport and another for roads, cyclists are rarely given much of ...
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
Melbourne Metro
Saturday 3pm, 12th January. CERES Cafe, 8 Lee Street East Brunswick. Don’t worry if you can’t make it, there will no doubt be further meet ups. A precis/minutes will be posted on the public transport list. More details here.
Geelong
From Russell: I am planning to be involved in the ‘Ban ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Frank Fisher's letter published in MX (9/01/08) gives some idea of the history behind the simple act of taking your bicycle on the train. If you have links to media articles, scanned articles or blog posts, please contact us so that they can be collated on this site.
Also the Bin ...
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